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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2011
... shares had lost 75 cents, or 1.63 per cent, at $45.30 after the miner said it had declared force majeure over its coal exports from Queensland mines significantly affected by rain and floods. December quarter production in Queensland was down 30 per ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... American officials leak their thoughts to the press admonishing China about its undervalued currency that gives Chinese exports an unfair advantage. Just last week, US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner told the press for the nth time that Beijing needs ...

Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... targets. "The capital investment in the agencies will allow us to continue to win foreign direct investments, grow indigenous exports and create high-quality sustainable jobs in the smart economy. "That, in turn, will drive recovery in the domestic economy," ...

Head faked again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... the depreciating US dollar? Commodities of course, their prices rise. Rising commodity prices increase the price of our exports. At the same time, the stronger A$ reduces the price of our imports. What do we have? Stronger terms of trade. The RBA was ...

The Cup, the RBA and the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... partners are hard at work racing to debase their respective currencies, expect Aussie strength to remain. This would make our exports more expensive in the international markets and increase our trade deficit. A trade deficit is a negative contributor ...

CFS GAM makes a case for raising govt debt

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... to transport goods, services, capital and labour around the country could help the economy deal with surging demand for exports, and a rising terms of trade, Halmarick said, indirectly keeping a lid on inflation. According to popular economics, and domestic ...

Queuing for QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... dollar remains undervalued against Europe and overvalued against emerging nations. America cannot hope to increase its exports - no matter how cheap -- to the moribund economies of Europe by very much. Especially not when governments there are aggressively ...

Fed bearing gift of QE2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2010
... That's mo' money for China to deploy in the world's quest for a sustainable recovery. A separate report showed that Chinese exports rose to US$145 billion in September - the second highest on record. Did I just hear US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner ...

RMB rise to benefit local investors

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... Aussie and New Zealand dollars are expected to follow the trend of the Asian currencies, as both might benefit from higher exports to China and larger capital inflows into Asia Pacific. "Most Asian currencies will be strong because of the differential ...

Parity not quite a party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... In June 2007, the Australian Industry Group (AiG) published a report titled, "The Australian dollar and manufacturing exports: Shaping earnings and prospects." In its report, AiG found that "nearly two-thirds of manufacturers believe their exports are ...